Powerball Jackpot Rolls Over October 2nd

Oct. 3, 2013 – No tickets sold ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing matched all six numbers drawn, and the estimated jackpot rolled over from $70 million to $86 million last night.

The numbers for the Oct. 2 Powerball drawing were 4, 6, 25, 42, 51, and the red Powerball was 17.

Although nobody won the $70 million estimated jackpot last night, three Powerball players were able to match all five white balls drawn, scoring $1 million second prizes.

The three million-dollar winning tickets from Wednesday night’s drawing were sold in Georgia, New Jersey, and West Virginia.

None of the three second-prize winners added Powerball’s PowerPlay option to their tickets. The PowerPlay option costs an extra $1, and had any of those three new millionaires added it to their tickets, they’d have $2 million instead of $1 million.

Four lucky third-prize winners did add the PowerPlay option to their tickets, landing themselves $40,000 prizes.

Along with those four PowerPlay tickets, 21 others were sold that won third-tier prizes by matching four white balls and the red Powerball.

Overall, last night’s drawing paid out $6,562,729 in prize money to 518,112 winners, including more than 86,000 who added PowerPlay to their tickets.

You can catch every Powerball drawing live on your smartphone by downloading the free LotteryHUB mobile app for Android, iOS, or Windows, and don’t forget to pick up your Powerball tickets before sales end Saturday night.